Last day to submit abstracts for #PSA26 👇

Few days left to register to this exciting book launch...

📣 Italian Politics at PSA26 (Oxford, March 30 - April 1, 2026) Here is a list of the exciting activities we are preparing for you (deadline for paper proposals Oct 17)

We are pleased to invite to you to the book launch of "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party” (Oxford University Press). 🗓️ October 15th, 15:30 📍 King’s College London (and online!) Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

🤓 From 'middle power' to subordinate ally? My new article on the descending trajectory of Italy's foreign policy and influence under Giorgia Meloni 📓 This is part of a forthcoming special issue edited by Profs Emidio Diodato and Raffaele Marchetti, with many other interesting contributions

📣 I am organising a panel at #PSA26 in Oxford on the visual communication of populist & radical actors, with the kind sponsorship of @psa-italian.bsky.social. You can submit your papers here (an account with exordo is required) 👇 psa26.exordo.com/panels/9/con...

New publication by @marcosiddi.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you are working on #populism and #IR, and planning to attend #PSA26, I am co-organising a panel on 'Populism and the International'. ✏️ Details and submission portal here: psa26.exordo.com/panels/10/co... The panel is co-sponsored by @psa-italian.bsky.social & @psainter-relations.bsky.social

Very nice to meet you, printed version of our book... :-)

Delighted to finally see this piece out! Around 3 years ago, Matteo & I started thinking about whether Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy REALLY resembled its neo-fascist predecessor in any meaningful way. The results are now published in @polstudies.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

'The English Way to Italian Socialism: The PCI, ‘Red Bologna’ and Italian Communist Culture as Seen through the English Prism' by @marzmac.bsky.social is popular this week. Read it #OA on MLO: bit.ly/Maccaferri-MLO @psa-italian.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Italians are voting today on five reform proposals related to naturalization and labour laws. The Meloni government has even bigger proposals in the works. The most important is to change the constitution. Join this online panel at 15:30 CEST on 12 June to learn why. 1/1 www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

📣 Tomorrow! Conference "Challenges to Europe – European Challenges", Guildford, 28-29 May 2025 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/challenges...

'Contemporary British Travel Writing on Italy and British Broadsheets: Tobias Jones, John Hooper and Tim Parks' by Kate Willman is popular this week. Read it #OpenAccess on MLO: bit.ly/Willman-MLO @ilcs.bsky.social @psa-italian.bsky.social

*PSA Event* Challenges to #Europe - European Challenges 📆 28 - 29 May @UniOfSurrey. @SurreyCbe PSA Specialist Groups for Italian Politics, German Politics & Greek Politics @psa-italian.bsky.social @psagermanpol.bsky.social @psagreekpol.bsky.social. buff.ly/aM3LKUd

*PSA Event* 28 - 29 May, Challenges to Europe - European Challenges @UniOfSurrey. @SurreyCbe by PSA Specialist Groups for Italian Politics, German Politics & Greek Politics @psa-italian.bsky.social @psagermanpol.bsky.social @psagreekpol.bsky.social. buff.ly/aM3LKUd

*proud convenor moment* A brilliant all-female lineup for our @psa-italian.bsky.social panel 🇮🇹 on the last day of #PSA25. Chaired by Marta Lorimer (Cardiff) with presentations by Laura Minguzzi (Naples), Anna Napoletano (Bologna), Marianna Griffini (Northeastern) & Margherita De Candia (KCL)

Still on Wednesday 16 April, we'll explore "Economic elites and populism" in a joint panel with @populismpsa.bsky.social - with Bortun Dinsmore @lauramontecchio.bsky.social Yates @aurelmondon.bsky.social Kleinberg and Ghiduci

Don't miss our panel at 1:30pm @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social @dbonansinga.bsky.social

📣 Working on populism? Andrej Zaslove and I are organizing a panel at the 2025 Conference of the Italian Political Science Association (Naples, 4–6 September 2025). Please send your proposals to Panel 8.9: New Directions in Populism Research. ⏰ Deadline: 25 May! shorturl.at/tdSP6

Glad to see that the article 'The Demand and Supply of Pandemic Populism: A Global Overview'—written with the amazing @petraguasti.bsky.social found a home in Government & Opposition, Volume 60, Issue 2! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Coming up today at 1:30pm: the mainstreaming of populist radical right ideas @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social @dbonansinga.bsky.social

Happening next week: on Tuesday 22nd, I'll be presenting a working paper on political ideologies and the European Union in the online seminar of the ECPR's SGEU. 🖥️ Tue 22 Apr, 15:00–16:30 BST/16:00-17.30 CEST Register here: ecpr.eu/Events/297 Paper available here: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

On my way to the centre of Birmingham for #PSA25. The programme looks terrific + looking forward to attending the Early Career Network's Speed Mentoring event at 11.30 today.

Several other relevant presentations about Italy are also featured throughout the conference: + Michele Varini on "Online gender extremism: the incel phenomeon in Italy" (Monday, 09:30)

Per Fondazione Feltrinelli ho scritto l'editoriale per il prossimo numero del newsletter/magazine "Pubblico": Una democrazia a due velocità: shadow banning e controllo invisibile del discorso pubblico. È parte del percorso di analisi sulla Fringe Democracy che sto portando avanti da un po'.

Reallly looking forward to #PSA25 next week. If you're interested in democracy & political parties, please come and join us for the roundtable on my recent @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Parties under Pressure. Wed, 16 Apr, 3.30pm, The Rep-LOB102. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a

We look forward to seeing you on Monday in Birmingham!

Time to get ready for PSA! If it’s expertise on Italian politics you are after, we have you covered. Unroll the full thread for Italianness a plenty.

For all Early Career Researchers out there. Interested in #DemocraticResilience ? Keen to work on policy relevant and academic publications? New opening at Birmingham Uni with our CEDAR centre and Westminster Foundation for Democracy. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

*PSA Trustee Elections* Vote by 25 April. Open to all Academic, ECN, Retired, Unwaged/Unemployed Academic PSA members. Candidate and voting info online at

Giovedì 10 aprile, ore 18:00. Webinar su “Democrazia, economia sociale e solidale: il rapporto con la politica”. Organizzato da Rete Italiana Economia Solidale, in collaborazione con l’unitá di ricerca “Media e Democrazia” del CoRiS Sapienza Università di Roma

New publication w/ Carlo Gianelle and Fabrizio Guzzo. We analyse the different responses by regional and national governments to the adoption of a new place-based mission-driven approach to policy governance. Accessible here: www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1483/...

Attending PSA25 - the conference schedule and programme are now online to view. The Delegate Guide and conference app will be shared with attendees soon. More: buff.ly/815Qopy

Our Italian Politics specialist group is gearing up for the PSA (@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social) annual conference on 14 – 16 April in Birmingham! #PSA25

*Become a PSA member* Our new ‘go cardless’ sign-up makes joining or renewing even easier! buff.ly/ql0AhWJ. #MondayMotivation.

It was a great pleasure to present our forthcoming book, "Populist radical right parties in action: the survival of the mass party" (Oxford Uni Press) to Mirko Crulli, Vincenzo Emanuele & their dept colleagues at LUISS in Rome. Great to teach their modules, too.

*PSA Event* Challenges to Europe - European Challeges. 28 - 29 May at the University of Surrey. Hosted by @psa-italian.bsky.social, @psagermanpol.bsky.social and @psagreekpol.bsky.social. Register:

Out today in Political Studies Review and Open access 🔓 This article, co-authored with B.Kielty, applies my theory of the “populism-insecurity nexus” to the case of Podemos, an example of left-wing populism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Important topic, great organizing team, fantastic location - join us for this 👇conference on Challenges to Europe, co-organized w @cbesurrey.bsky.social, @psa-italian.bsky.social & @psagreekpol.bsky.social & funded by @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social. Thank you, @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social for hosting!

In a crucial moment for European integration, can the EU and its member states rise up to the occasion? Join us in Surrey on 28-29 May to discuss the challenges of populism, security, and migration!

Out today and open access 🔓 In this article, we evidence the radicalisation of the U.K. Conservatives by showing how they incorporated all the elements of populist radical right narratives in their justification of the Rwanda Policy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 CfP "The UK in Europe: prospects of resetting relations with the EU and bilateral partnerships" (deadline 7 March) Link: 1drv.ms/b/s!Anj7bWfo...

I am thrilled to return to this summer school as a lecturer👇 “Visual analysis & contentious politics 2025" taking place in beautiful Tuscany! cosmos.sns.it/news/call-fo... If you are a PhD student or know anyone working towards a PhD who may be interested, kindly share the call!

🚩Deadline for abstract submission is coming up next week on the 20th! Send in yours soon for the opportunity to showcase you work 📮🌍

📢CfP The Italian, German & Greek Politics groups, in collaboration with CBE, are looking for papers for an exciting conference on "Challenges to Europe - European Challenges". Submission deadline: 20 Jan🚨 Early career travel grants available! www.surrey.ac.uk/news/call-pa...

✳️CALL FOR PAPERS✳️ The CBE, with @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social German, Italian & Greek Specialists, invites you to the Challenges to Europe - European Challenges Conference at the University of Surrey, 28-29 May 2025. Submit your abstract by 20 Jan 2025! Details: surrey.ac.uk/news/call-pa...

This is interesting: movement to party development for Five Star Movement, M5S. Thanks Daniele! Italian politics is always to be followed, I have learned from @psa-italian.bsky.social

Please consider following the Italian Politics Specialist group of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social, which I co-convene with @dbonansinga.bsky.social. We cover all aspects of Italian politics via conferences, workshops, publications... & by engaging with the international media. Just landed here.

🚀 Book “Capire il #populismo”, edited by Mattia Zulianello and Petra Guasti Link: amzn.eu/d/7DSJgvW